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Belfast City Airport says technical issues 'resolved'

MERVYN JESS A crowd of people are standing in a large queue in an airport.MERVYN JESS
Passengers at Belfast City Airport are facing large queues ahead of the Easter holidays

A technical issue at Belfast City Airport on Thursday afternoon which caused large queues has now been resolved, the airport has said.

Andrew McQuillan is travelling for work but says the airport is very busy with holidaymakers.

"A lot of people are worried about missing their flights because they are travelling for Easter," he said.

In a statement the airport said: "This afternoon, we had a short-term technical issue affecting our baggage handling system. This has now been fully resolved."

Former BBC journalist Mervyn Jess is travelling to London for the Easter holidays.

He said "the main belt drive [was] not working" and described the queue as "large".

He added that "all the flights" had to go into "one queue".

Mr Jess said passengers are "concerned" they will miss their flights because of the technical problems.

"You can see people worrying," he added.

Mr Jess said there are "people on the ground" talking to passengers and the airport is "prioritising" flights that are leaving soon.

'Getting restless'

ANDREW MCQUILLAN A long queue of people in an airport. Most have suitcases and bags. A book shop is in the background. ANDREW MCQUILLAN
The queue was "snaking through the check in terminal", Mr McQuillan said

"The queue of people is snaking through the check in terminal. It is uncontrolled chaos but we are starting to see movement now," Mr McQuillan said.

"It took me 30 minutes to get my bag dropped off.

"All the baggage is being handled manually, after you have checked in for your flight."